" the authority of God's appointing " commands that peace should be concluded, this should be regardedas if God were holding out
His gracious hand to us, and we must not let It is easy for an ordinaryperson to look forward to war, for he has little to lose and can crawl easier out of the mire than the Prince he has perhapsdrawn into it.
I am becoming too worldlywise and garrulous, but it is my anxietyfor my dear sovereignPrince which prompts me.^ Grace will manage better than
I shall cry earnestlyto God for you, for it is He who must begin,carry on, and perfectanything good.
Man's thoughtsare only foolishness.
Luther is detained by the Brtick gets leave for me that I shall accompany him home to-morrow or the day after.
God to bringus back fresh and well.
I sleepsix or seven hours running,and afterwards two or three.
I am sure it is owing to the beer.
But in the morning before I have eaten anything,I am fit for nothing, as in Wittenberg.
Caspar^ says that our graciouslord's foot is not mortifyingfurther.
But no prisoneron the ladder in the tower suffers as much from Stockmeister as does his Grace from the surgeons* His whole body is as sound as a fish,but the devil has his foot in his grip.
God has begun to hear us.
^ is leaving, honour demands that I shall give him an honourable discharge.For you know how faithfully he has served us, and how humbly he has
Ferdinand's election as King of Rome and administrator of the Kingdom in Charles's absence.